Town manager seeks procurement changes to reduce RFP burden and raise emergency authority
Town Manager Suzanne Harvey proposed lowering procurement friction by replacing mandatory RFPs above $10,000 with a three-quote requirement and empowering the Town Manager to approve emergency expenditures up to $35,000; council directed staff to draft an ordinance.
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Manager Suzanne Harvey told the council the town's procurement code has not been updated in years and that the present $10,000 RFP threshold is discouraging for small vendors. "It currently requires that any projects over $10,000.00 have to go through the RFP process," Harvey said, and recommended requiring three quotes instead of full RFPs for modest projects.
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